tonight.....and investigators are on
scene trying to find out what caused a
house fire in Roanoke's West End.

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*CG locator Roanoke

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*CG 2line Ian Janes

Witness

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*CG 2line Larry Beal

Witness

0:27

*CG 2line Chief David Hoback

Roanoke Fire/EMS

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place was crazy...everyone was
panicked...mom was hysterical..kids
were shaken up...

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OQ= Heavy smoke rolled out of the windows

of this home and flames came out of the
walls at 1101 Ferdinand....

A family of five lives here, but it
was a different KIND of family member
that had them fighting to go INSIDE...

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Little boy on top of the roof telling
me about his dog in the house and i
told him he couldn't go in because of
the flames...on fire, fire coming
through the hall and stuff....

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OQ= But one of the boys did end up

going in...His aunt tells us he
actually had the dog in his arms but it
jumped out and and the boy was overcome
by smoke. The dog died. Another family
member was hurt but niether were
seriously hurt.

A different scenario for a
firefighter...who had to be pulled out
shortly after crews went into the
house....leaving hours of uncertainty
for his fire brothers...

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5:15:29-38

I M GOING TAKE HIS COMPANY OVER BC
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT BROUGHT HIM , OUT
LIKE I SAID HE WAS IN PRETTY SERIOUS
SHAPE WHEN HE BROUGHT IN OU T SO WE
WANNA MAKE SURE HE'S DOING WELL AND ON
THE ROAD TO RECOVERY.

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OQ= As the sun started to set...news that

the hurt firefighter was doing well and
would be okay.

As night set in, crews hosed down
hotspots and investigators took over,
looking for the cause....

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VIDEO

We're going to look at everything we're
not going to rule out anything until we
know...

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NARTASHA ON CAM NATASHA ON CAM

GRAPHIC=HOLD The family is displaced...the Red

Cross is helping out.

Now we have learned the injured
firefighter Scott Hetherington, is
being treated for cardiac arrest. He is
in stable condition.

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Center. Here are tonight's weather
headlines: A sunny start on Saturday
will be followed by increasing clouds
and a chance for rain late Sunday
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<< Good Evening, I'm meteorologist
Robin Reed in the SkyTracker7 Forecast
Center. With high pressure moving

overhead, Friday night and Saturday are
looking mostly clear. Lows tonight in
the lower 30s; mid 50s Saturday.
Clouds with gather Sunday, thanks to a
storm system that's currently across
the southwestern United States. A few
showers are possible (40%) Sunday
afternoon and Sunday evening. There's a
better chance of rain (70%) Sunday
night into very early Monday morning.
Skies will clear Monday afternoon, and
winds will become rather gusty.
Temperatures will also take a tumble
behind the front. Much of next week
features sunshine and below normal
temperatures. Highs reach the mid 40s.
FRIDAY NIGHT: Clear and cold. Low: 32
SATURDAY: Mostly Sunny. High: 56
SATURDAY NIGHT: Turning cloudy. Low: 33
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